Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-12
TN. Trena of Thimgs.

Ayes U LirSh
The Trend of Things
The notes of railway progress from
ali portions of Southern California
are Of a very gratifying character.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa re
people are making splendid progress
in extending their system in Los An
eeles county. Their foothill road is
proving a great success, and they
will soon be at tidewater at Port Bal
Iona. The Southern Pacific Com
pany are doing splendid work in the
line of completing their coast line,
which will shortly reach Santa Bar
bara. In very brief space OF time
it will be connected with the road
advancing from San Luis Obispo
south, and our people will then be
able to avail themselves OF the finest
travelling facilities known ON this
side of the Rocky Mountains. Not
withstanding disclaimers telegraph
ed from the East, we have every
reason to believe that the Utah
Southern Railway will shortly be ex-
tended towards Los Angeles, thus
practically giving the Union Pacific
road terminus on the Pacific
ocean. The completion OF this
branch, controlled by the Union Pa
cific, will open up at Callville and
other points not only great
deposits of the precious metals
but large bodies of both coal and
iron, both OF a superior quality.
While no authentic information can
be Obtained of the contemplated
movements of the Southern Pacific
managers in the southern portion OF
this county, there are many signs
which point to the extension OF their
Santa Ana branch to the San Diego
line at an early day, and certainly it
will not long be allowed to halt at
that point. 1t is bard to estimate
the great effect upon real estate val
ues in the foothills and in the south
ern portion OF Los Angeles county OF
this tremendous railway movement.
The same electrical effect is to be re-
marked in a notable degree in Ven
tura, Santa Barbara and San Luis
Obispo counties. There are few more
attractive regions in California than
the Santa Clara valley, in the former
county and, indeed, the whole ex-
panse of Ventura presents splendid
openings for the investor. This fact
has been greatly appreciated OF late,
and Ventura county is settling up
rapidly. Santa Barbara is OF course an
ideal region, and even without railway
facilities her beautiful Montecitos and
Carpenteria and other valleys were
sure to attract attention. A first
class, red-hot "boom" is now run
ming its course there, and it is hard
to tell to what heights it may reach or
to gauge its duration. San Luis
Obispo county, owing to the earlier
advent of the iron horse, and its
greater nealness to San Francisco,
was perhaps the first OF all these
counties to respond to the new era.
Its prosperity, now rising to fever
heat, is founded upon the possession
of a notably rich soil and delightful
climate, and upon harbor which
only requires trifiing expenditures to
be a great convenience to the COM
merce of the country and leading
agent in the development of that
opulent county. No man can put a
limit to the growth of any of the re-
gions named. They are but in the
initial OF their prosperity, and in the
infancy OF their growth.
We have not mentioned the
"boom" in San Diego, San Bernar-
dino or Los Angeles counties in con-
nection with the immediate railway
developments of this section, for the
reason that that movement has been
under way for several years. 1t
seems to be simply gathering in mo-
mentum and velocity, and there is no
doubt that the coming Fall, Winter
and Spring will see it attain unheard
of proportions. 1t should be borne
in mind, when surprise is expressed
at its magnitude, that it has been
years in getting to head. A Adecade
from now, when the multiform re.
sources Of Southern California shall
have been developed with painstak-
ing minutia that will result in the
most varied, beautiful and remuner-
tive productions on the face OF the
earth, wonder will be expressed that
this region could ever have been con-
temptuously dismissed under the
designation of the. "cow counties. /"
The last to be settled up by the
later immigration, it will grow in
population at rate which has never
been chronicled OF any portion Of this
State since the Argonaut days.